AIMPLB meets UP CM for removal of order on unrecognised madrassa students

A delegation of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday and demanded the withdrawal of a government order that directed the shifting of all students in unrecognised madrassas to state-run schools.

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, who was present in the meeting at the chief minister's official residence, told PTI that the delegation was led by the board's general secretary Maulana Fazlur Rahman Mujaddidi.

The delegation lodged an objection to the notice issued by the state government to 8,449 madrassas in Uttar Pradesh on the basis of which the district administration is ordering these madrassas to admit children studying there to schools for basic education.

The delegation termed the order issued by the then Chief Secretary of the state Durga Shankar Mishra on June 26 as against the Constitution which has given minorities the right to establish and run educational institutions of their choice.

Similarly, ...